Chance fracture
| Chance fracture | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Chance fracture of the spine, Compression fracture, burst fracture[6] |
| Treatment | Bracing, surgery[1] |
| Frequency | Rare[7] |
A Chance fracture is a type of
The cause is classically a head-on
unstable.[1]
Treatment may be
Mechanism
In some Chance fractures there is a transverse break through the bony
Diagnosis
On plain X-ray, a Chance fracture may be suspected if two spinous processes are excessively far apart.[10]
A
unstable.[1]
History
It was first described by
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics". Wheeless Online. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine". OrthoInfo - AAOS. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Yochum TR, Rowe LJ (2004). essentials of skeletal radiology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 674.
- ^ S2CID 25657579.
- ^ ISBN 9783642036941.
- ^ ISBN 9781451180602.
- ^ ISBN 9783540689089.
- ISBN 978-3-030-95906-7.
- PMID 28367011.
- ^ ISBN 9781451107203.
- ISBN 9781139482486.
- ISBN 978-0323039314.
- ^ PMID 18878306.